Baggage
noun
The suitcases and bags that a person carries when travelling.
She arrived at the airport carrying three pieces of baggage.
Often appears as...
- carry baggage
- excess baggage
noun
Problems, responsibilities or issues from the past that cause trouble or worry.
He entered the relationship with a lot of emotional baggage.
Often appears as...
- emotional baggage
- carry baggage
noun
The suitcases and bags that a person carries when travelling.
She arrived at the airport carrying three pieces of baggage.
Often appears as...
- carry baggage
- excess baggage
noun
Problems, responsibilities or issues from the past that cause trouble or worry.
He entered the relationship with a lot of emotional baggage.
Often appears as...
- emotional baggage
- carry baggage
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Travel Context
Use 'baggage' to refer to items carried on trips, especially at airports and stations.
The baggage claim area was crowded.
Pro Tip 2/3Check-in Limit
'Baggage' often implies a weight limit; exceeding it may incur fees.
I had to pay for excess baggage.
Pro Tip 3/3Lost and Found
Airports have 'lost baggage' services for items misplaced during travel.
My baggage got lost, so I filed a report.
Pro Tip 1/3Travel Context
Use 'baggage' to refer to items carried on trips, especially at airports and stations.
The baggage claim area was crowded.
Pro Tip 2/3Check-in Limit
'Baggage' often implies a weight limit; exceeding it may incur fees.
I had to pay for excess baggage.
Pro Tip 3/3Lost and Found
Airports have 'lost baggage' services for items misplaced during travel.
My baggage got lost, so I filed a report.
Pro Tip 1/3Travel Context
Use 'baggage' to refer to items carried on trips, especially at airports and stations.
The baggage claim area was crowded.
Pro Tip 2/3Check-in Limit
'Baggage' often implies a weight limit; exceeding it may incur fees.
I had to pay for excess baggage.
Pro Tip 3/3Lost and Found
Airports have 'lost baggage' services for items misplaced during travel.
My baggage got lost, so I filed a report.
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The secret to scientific...
and it's proven itself to do a really good job. We understand the universe pretty well because of science. One of science's weaknesses is that it's done by people, and we bring a lot of baggage along with us when we investigate things. We are egotistical, we are stubborn, we're superstitious, we're tribal, we're humans --
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Greening of Pittsburgh PIPE...
as i stood atop mount washington a climate solutions storyteller in a city once known for its innovative yet emissions-intensive industry i couldn't help but think of more metaphorical bridges after all pittsburgh was the industrial center for a growing country and that comes with a lot of baggage
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The money talk that...
who would rather share their full dating history and all of that drama and all of that baggage that comes along with it, rather than to disclose your full financial history. And yet research shows that your significant other has a large influence on a whole host of your behaviors.
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How to truly listen PIPE...
And by saying something through music, which basically is sound, we then can reach all sorts of things to all sorts of people. But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage. That's up to you, when you walk through a hall,
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A video game that helps...
And, well, the only thing Kay wears, the only thing, is her backpack. It's the baggage we all carry throughout our life. And Kay doesn't know how to cope with her emotions in the right way, so her backpack becomes bigger and bigger
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Is the obesity crisis...
professionals we've shed our excess mental baggage and cured ourselves of new idea resistance sufficiently to go back to our original ideals open minds the courage to throw out yesterday's ideas when they don't appear to be
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Peter Attia: What if...
because as medical professionals, we've shed our excess mental baggage and cured ourselves of new idea resistance sufficiently to go back to our original open minds, the courage to throw out yesterday's ideas
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My stroke of insight PIPE...
and any stressors related to any of those -- they were gone. And I felt this sense of peacefulness. And imagine what it would feel like to lose 37 years of emotional baggage! Oh! I felt euphoria --
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Finding landmines using...
containers or perhaps one day inspecting baggage in noisy airports but right now in the future we could be breeding an entirely new breed of domestic service animal rodents but the problem is
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The Day of the Dead PIPE...
accept that when you die you will just stop existing and that you are your life the essence of you is just really something that emerges from inner inanimate baggage stuff
Video examples
The secret to scientific...
and it's proven itself to do a really good job. We understand the universe pretty well because of science. One of science's weaknesses is that it's done by people, and we bring a lot of baggage along with us when we investigate things. We are egotistical, we are stubborn, we're superstitious, we're tribal, we're humans --
Video examples
Greening of Pittsburgh PIPE...
as i stood atop mount washington a climate solutions storyteller in a city once known for its innovative yet emissions-intensive industry i couldn't help but think of more metaphorical bridges after all pittsburgh was the industrial center for a growing country and that comes with a lot of baggage
Video examples
The money talk that...
who would rather share their full dating history and all of that drama and all of that baggage that comes along with it, rather than to disclose your full financial history. And yet research shows that your significant other has a large influence on a whole host of your behaviors.
Video examples
How to truly listen PIPE...
And by saying something through music, which basically is sound, we then can reach all sorts of things to all sorts of people. But I don't want to take responsibility of your emotional baggage. That's up to you, when you walk through a hall,
Video examples
A video game that helps...
And, well, the only thing Kay wears, the only thing, is her backpack. It's the baggage we all carry throughout our life. And Kay doesn't know how to cope with her emotions in the right way, so her backpack becomes bigger and bigger
Video examples
Is the obesity crisis...
professionals we've shed our excess mental baggage and cured ourselves of new idea resistance sufficiently to go back to our original ideals open minds the courage to throw out yesterday's ideas when they don't appear to be
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
because as medical professionals, we've shed our excess mental baggage and cured ourselves of new idea resistance sufficiently to go back to our original open minds, the courage to throw out yesterday's ideas
Video examples
My stroke of insight PIPE...
and any stressors related to any of those -- they were gone. And I felt this sense of peacefulness. And imagine what it would feel like to lose 37 years of emotional baggage! Oh! I felt euphoria --
Video examples
Finding landmines using...
containers or perhaps one day inspecting baggage in noisy airports but right now in the future we could be breeding an entirely new breed of domestic service animal rodents but the problem is
Video examples
The Day of the Dead PIPE...
accept that when you die you will just stop existing and that you are your life the essence of you is just really something that emerges from inner inanimate baggage stuff
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Olivia Wilde
American Actress
A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.
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Christy Turlington
American Model
Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.
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Lakeith Stanfield
American Actor
I grew up very poor in a fractured family that was dysfunctional on both sides, but I sort of put up these reflectors to most of the negative things that have occurred in my life. I don't carry around much baggage.
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Rumer Willis
American Actress
Totally, if I wasn't trying to be an actor, I would leave L.A. because you can't really have that life here. There's a lot of baggage that comes with being here, like the paparazzi, traffic, and all of it.
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Ferdowsi
Poet
Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.
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John Hannah
American Athlete
The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
Whether you're choosing for yourself or for a character - or for a child - names have baggage of their own.
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Demi Lovato
American Musician
It's a big responsibility dating me. Because I come with a little bit of baggage, you know?
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Pat Mastelotto
American Musician
Crim has baggage: expectation, history, responsibility.
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Dan Pena
American Businessman
We all have baggage from our upbringing! That's life!
Quote examples
Olivia Wilde
American Actress
A lot of people assume that women of a certain age who are not unattractive have no excuse for not having a perfect life. But you can have emotional baggage that is dragging you down like cement blocks tied to your feet.
Quote examples
Christy Turlington
American Model
Getting older is baggage for so many people but I don't spend time on things I can't control. Wrinkles don't scare me; they're a part of life, and I will and do embrace them, but I look at surgery, and that scares me.
Quote examples
Lakeith Stanfield
American Actor
I grew up very poor in a fractured family that was dysfunctional on both sides, but I sort of put up these reflectors to most of the negative things that have occurred in my life. I don't carry around much baggage.
Quote examples
Rumer Willis
American Actress
Totally, if I wasn't trying to be an actor, I would leave L.A. because you can't really have that life here. There's a lot of baggage that comes with being here, like the paparazzi, traffic, and all of it.
Quote examples
Ferdowsi
Poet
Helmet was joined to helmet, and spear to spear, and jewels, baggage, and elephants without number went with them, and you would have said it was a host that none could understand.
Quote examples
John Hannah
American Athlete
The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and influence their actions. A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.
Quote examples
Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
Whether you're choosing for yourself or for a character - or for a child - names have baggage of their own.
Quote examples
Demi Lovato
American Musician
It's a big responsibility dating me. Because I come with a little bit of baggage, you know?
Quote examples
Pat Mastelotto
American Musician
Crim has baggage: expectation, history, responsibility.
Quote examples
Dan Pena
American Businessman
We all have baggage from our upbringing! That's life!
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